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Two men were caught concealing drugs in their buttocks in unrelated cases over the past two days, according to police.

On Monday, Lackawanna County detectives found 30 grams of crack hidden in a Wilkes-Barre man's buttocks after police said he arranged to sell the drugs to a confidential police informant, police said. And on Tuesday, a Scranton police detective found 23 bags of heroin concealed in the rectum of a city man arrested after police said he tried to deliver the drug.

In Monday's case, county detectives met with a confidential informant who said Vincent Jones Jr., 30, 94 Old River Road, wanted to meet him downtown to sell him crack.

After police established surveillance in the area, the informant got into a cab at Penn and Lackawanna avenues, where he handed Mr. Jones "buy money" issued to the informant by police, detectives said.

Detectives pulled the cab over on the 200 block of Wyoming Avenue and arrested Mr. Jones, who was taken to the district attorney's office. There, police found 30 grams of crack hidden in Mr. Jones' buttocks during a search, police said.

Mr. Jones was charged with possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, criminal attempt to deliver a controlled substance, criminal use of a communication facility, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. Mr. Jones was arraigned Monday and is slated for a preliminary hearing Jan. 24, according to court documents. He was in Lackawanna County Prison in lieu of $75,000 bail.

On Tuesday, Scranton Police Department's Special Investigations Division and the Lackawanna County Drug Task Force arrested Nathan Manigo, 33, no street address listed, while he attempted to deliver heroin on Luzerne Street, according to Acting Detective Sgt. Patrick Gerrity.

After he was brought back to Scranton police headquarters, he was found to have 23 bags of heroin in his rectum.

Mr. Manigo was released from state prison on Dec. 21 after serving a sentence for delivery of heroin, Sgt. Gerrity said. Mr. Manigo's exact charges and jail information were unavailable Tuesday evening.

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